Bibliograph

Mala noche., Bad night : if you fuck with the bull you get the horn, Janus films ; from the story by Walt Curtis ; screenplay, Gus Van Sant ; produced by Gus Van Sant ; directed by Gus Van Sant, DVD/Widescreen

Type

Label

Mala noche., Bad night : if you fuck with the bull you get the horn, Janus films ; from the story by Walt Curtis ; screenplay, Gus Van Sant ; produced by Gus Van Sant ; directed by Gus Van Sant, DVD/Widescreen

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Mala noche.

Oclc number

166353156

Responsibility statement

Janus films ; from the story by Walt Curtis ; screenplay, Gus Van Sant ; produced by Gus Van Sant ; directed by Gus Van Sant

Runtime

Series statement

The Criterion Collection, 407

Sub title

Bad night : if you fuck with the bull you get the horn

Summary

The French call it amour fou. Van Sant called it "Death in Venice on Skid Row." Based on an autobiographical story by maverick writer Walt Curtis, set in the seamy backstreets of Portland, Oregon, the film is about Walt, Johnny, and Pepper. Walt is a liquor-store clerk and aspiring writer, Johnny and Pepper are illegal Mexican immigrants. Walt pines for Johnny, who keeps him at arm's length, while Pepper eventually proves not so picky. Walt is a kind of low-rent sugar daddy for the boys, who have come for the American dream. Walt gets more trouble than he bargained for, just one consequence of trying to make pets of creatures that bite

Table Of Contents

Logos/Opening credits -- Johnny -- Roberto -- From Mexico -- "No visitors!" -- "Más lento" -- "Poor boys never win" -- Ten-dollar camera -- Running from the law -- Car ride -- Just another fantasy -- Left behind -- Few extra dollars -- Fever dreams -- Any work? -- "Certain aggressive acts" -- Driving lesson -- No imagination -- "El loco Papas" -- Johnny's return -- End credits -- Color bars

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Gus Van Sant's Mala nocheIf you fuck with the bull you get the hornBad night

resource.version

DVD/Widescreen

Classification